strat trem idea

phaeton

this is just an idea i had,

would it be an improvement to a standard strat trem if you removed the 6 screws and replaced them with screws that have no threading under the head, and maybe only used 4, 2 on either side?

jacksonjackass

There are the fender dual fulcrum strat trems, and floyd roses have the same idea 😉

phaeton

yeah i knew you could get fender trems with two pins, i just wondered if it was an idea to do this on a standard 6 screw trem, not that i own one.

Robbmonster

Without sounding snide, I'm sure if it was a good idea, it would already be in use.

Guitar's vibrato systems - perhaps more than ANY other part of the guitar, pickups excluded - are designed by engineers, and are probably at a point where they are as good as they are ever going to be, and have been for about 20 years.

That said, it's probably worth trying.

I for one, swear by the strat vibrato. I've never been able to understand why people hate it so much, other than because it's cool and 'alternative' to do so.

jacksonjackass

I don't like the six screw much. I really like the floyd though, not for the whole dimebag squealing thing, but the general versitility. You can do a little chris polandish dip with the little finger and its dependable as long as you don't yank it off rike herman ri.